Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

India and Pakistan tensions rise over Kashmir

The two nuclear powers are at odds after India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status.

The two nuclear powers are at odds after India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status Shashank Joshi, defence editor at The Economist, explains why the region has been contested for decades and from Pakistan, after the foreign Minister called it a "dangerous game," we hear from the Lahore based journalist and commentator Mehmal Sarfraz.

It has been a losing day for Wall Street with a big fall in the market, explained by Peter Jankovskis at Oakbrook Investments.

The trade dispute between Japan and South Korea is hitting sales of cars made by Honda and Toyota. We get an understanding of why Koreans are boycotting Japanese products from Aidan Foster-Carter, an expert in Korean affairs.

One of the world's oldest ship building companies, Harland and Wolff, has collapsed. The Northern Irish shipyard, which built the doomed Titanic ocean liner in the last century, has been taken into administration. BBC Business Reporter Russell Padmore looks into the rise and fall of what was once a big name in the industry.

(Picture: Celebrations in New Delhi after India removed the autonomous status of Kashmir,. Getty Images.)

27 minutes

Last on

Mon 5 Aug 201921:32GMT

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Aug 201921:32GMT